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Definition of Overstatement
1. Noun. Making to seem more important than it really is.
Generic synonyms: Deceit, Deception, Misrepresentation
Derivative terms: Exaggerate, Magnify, Magnify, Overstate
Antonyms: Understatement
Definition of Overstatement
1. n. An exaggerated statement or account.
Definition of Overstatement
1. Noun. An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable. ¹
2. Noun. The tendency to overstate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overstatement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstatement
Literary usage of Overstatement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. California Jurisprudence: A Complete Statement of the Law and Practice of by William Mark McKinney (1922)
"Usually such an overstatement reacts upon the party making it.8 It is not the
right or duty of an attorney to state the law to the jury in the opening ..."
2. Valencia and Murcia: A Glance at African Spain by Albert Frederick Calvert (1911)
"Such is Livy's account, but it is probably an overstatement. For though the
Carthaginians, being a Semitic race, were capable of any cruelty, ..."
3. The Simplicity that is in Christ: Sermons to the Woodland Church, Philadelphia by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1886)
"For through all the Christian centuries, the gospel has suffered not only from
understatement, but from overstatement. There have been those who, ..."
4. Language for Men of Affairs (1920)
"overstatement and Understatement Moreover, we depart somewhat from precise usage
in order not ... Sometimes this variation takes the form of overstatement. ..."
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